POST-IT NOTES

Post-it Notes inventor dies at age 80

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The inventor of the adhesive used on one of 3M’s best-known products, the Post-it Note, has died at his home in Minnesota. Spencer Silver died May 8 at age 80. According to 3M, Silver was working in a company lab in 1968 when he discovered an adhesive formula that allowed notes to be easily attached to…